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Westford voters approve $8.4 million-plus capital plan, ban public crypto kiosks; reject rescind of trash fee program
Summary
At Westford's March 28 annual town meeting, voters approved a capital plan exceeding $8.4 million, authorized multiple municipal and school facility projects, adopted a bylaw banning cryptocurrency kiosks in public places and defeated a citizens' petition to rescind the select board's pay-as-you-throw trash program.
Westford voters on March 28 approved a broad capital plan of more than $8.4 million, passed a package of municipal and school funding measures and adopted a local bylaw banning cryptocurrency kiosks in public places, officials said. A citizen effort to rescind the select board's pay-as-you-throw trash program failed.
The meeting opened with unanimous approval of Article 1 and the town manager's state-of-the-town remarks. Early debate centered on Article 2, which proposed changes to waste-disposal funding. Several procedural motions to remove funding, postpone the vote or reorder articles were rejected before the main Article 2 measures passed. Voters also approved Articles 3 and 4, which the meeting summary said addressed…
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